Hospital admissions for lower respiratory tract infections among infants in the Canadian Arctic: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is unknown whether this burden of disease of lower respiratory tract infections is comparable across the Canadian Arctic. The objectives of this surveillance study were to compare the rates of hospital admission for lower respiratory tract infection and the severity of infection across Arctic Canada, and to describe the responsible viruses.

Methods

We performed a prospective multicentre surveillance study of infants less than 1 year of age admitted in 2009 with lower respiratory tract infection to all hospitals (5 regional, 4 tertiary) in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Nunavik to assess for regional differences. Nasopharyngeal aspirates were processed by means of a polymerase chain reaction respiratory viral panel, testing for 20 respiratory viruses and

SUBMITTER: Banerji A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5173479 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature